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Smart Contracts ​

Smart contracts are pieces of code that are applied on-chain and have functions that can be called to run code.

Think of it like a REST endpoint that requires a POST request to run under specific parameters.

Language ​

Smart contracts on Ultra are written in C++ and compiled down into Web Assembly.

It's not as intimidating as you think; here's an example hello-world.cpp contract.

hello-world.cpp
cpp
#include <eosio/eosio.hpp>
#include <eosio/print.hpp>

namespace mycontract {
    using namespace std;
    using namespace eosio;

    CONTRACT hello : public eosio::contract {
        using eosio::contract::contract;

        public:
            ACTION hi(name user) {
                print("Hi there, ", user.value, "!");
            }
   };
}

Building a contract ​

There are 3 options to build a contract at the moment:

VS Code extension is the easiest one to start with. However, if your project has non-trivial build steps (i.e uses scripts for code generation) it's better to use the docker option.